δήμιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[δάμιος]], [[ον]] (α, ον A.''Ch.''57 (lyr.), δημίην· πόρνην (Cypr.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]): ([[δῆμος]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[belonging to the people]], [[οἶκος]] Od.20.264; <b class="b3">αἰσυμνῆται δήμιοι</b> [[judge]]s [[elect]]ed by the [[people]], 8.259; <b class="b3">πρῆξις δ' ἥδ' ἰδίη, οὐ δήμιος</b> not [[public]], 3.82; δήμιον ἦ ἴδιον; 4.314, cf. 2.32: [[epithet]] of [[Hestia]] at Paros, ''IG''12(5).238 (v B. C.): neuter plural as adverb, [[δήμια]] [[πίνειν]] = [[drink]] [[at the public expense]], 11.17.250; [[τὸ δήμιον]] = [[the sovereign people]], A.''Supp.''370, 699 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> ὁ δήμιος (''[[sc.]]'' [[δοῦλος]]) [[public]] [[executioner]], Ar.''Ec.''81, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 439e, Lys.13.56, Aeschin.2.126, etc. ([[δάμιος]] [[μαστίκτωρ]] in A.''Eu.'' 160 (lyr.)); ὁ κοινὸς δήμιος Pl.''Lg.''872b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[public physician]], πτωχὸς ἦν καὶ δήμιος Phoenicid.4.13.<br><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">δημίαι πύλαι</b>, perhaps a mistake for [[Διομῇσι]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]